Sutoratosu

Arya was silent as she got herself a tray and scanned over the options. Nothing really stood out to her, on top of that she honestly wasn't to hungry to begin with... so she just took a few pieces of a few things that smelled good enough and found herself a seat at a table against a far wall, vacant, to her surprise. "And on day one, there was war..." She said idley, barely touching her food at all as she decided to play... a bit of a game. It was simply really, she'd look around the room, at every table, and she'd try to guess from the girls body language and the tone she got from the group... which groups would probably be genuine, and which ones were the type she'd seen often in the past- the bitchy girls who liked to torment everyone and everyone's mother, held together into a coherent group, usually a leader and two or more lackeys, only by their mutual self-esteem issues which they attempted to remedy by taking out their frustrations on others; it never failed, that was simply how the politics of school worked, like long ago some ancient laws had been drafted that proclaimed throughout all the land "And yea, for at that table over there, yonder, yes, lookith where I am pointing- there shalt congregate the most hateful group of females to grace the grounds of this fine institution this year, and yea, it shall be good... if thou stayith the hell out of their merry way" This time it was strange though- she was usually pretty good at it; five minutes was her longest time ever, and yet here she was, almost about to reach that and then some. She saw a few genuine ones occasionally, here and there, sure, but... Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough, She thought, redoubling the search effort with her eyes... They've got to be here somewhere...

alrighty then. there's still 2 RS open, returning soldiers...

... ... ... well... that's unfortunate. lies are always worse when it's about cake, soldiers...

You gonna make a relative, soldier, or are you starting fresh from the skillet?

No sappiness, please, there's enough of that with underskilled romance authors... try to make it deep at least, if shipping ever becomes thing, for the love of quality... EDIT: Commander Hukuna is confirmed yet again... to be a ninja.

Just one last note: I went back and checked... This one indeed beat Ymora to the punch, with Ymora taking about 6 days for the first mention to appear (started on Sept, 19, first mention I found was Sept 26, six days later), while this one... only took five (Started on Feb 11, first mention... today, Feb 16.) Anyways, guess I'll get writing a response or something now...

I leave for like an hour to handle my various affairs elsewhere on here... and I waltz back in to find you guys talking bout ships already... damn, I think this might have happened even faster than in the Ymora RP... And.. yeah... tell ya what soldier, I'll take this, see? I'm going to fold it up into a nice neat little square, see, like this? and then I'm going to take a cue from a few US presidents, and I'm going to put it in the breast pocket of my fatigue jacket... and walk away saying "I'll consider it" #PocketVetoed but no seriously...let's just please forget about shipping for the time being and try to get a bit into the story :/... I mean, damn though, soldiers, it's been like only two days...

I know, soldier.

The Eden Martyrs won't play a big role in this post mordem wise, they'll more or less only even mean anything to Bane and Gen since they're the only two living people who were out on that operation who knew them all personally and witnessed their sacrifice. They're their reason to fight, and in extension, Jace and Gen are the inspiration of soldiers of the cause to fight, they mimic the resolve of their leaders... so the old PCs matter very much, just in a indirect and inobvious way where it should be very hard for new people to feel alienated because of it with people having PCs realted, etc, etc... But that said, I'm going to be prudent and make a judgement call here and place a cap, for those of you who are returning players, of three PCs who can have any relation, whether blood, friendship, what so ever to the old ones- first come first serve, because I'd rather just go ahead and nip this issue in the bud before it even possibly poses a threat later on. And only three period, so if they die, those relation slots are still used up. Currently Kenny holds one RS with his WIP character john. 2 remain.

"Hey, come on, it's fine," Arya insisted, glancing over as they walked and acting on natural impulse to cheer the girl up. "It's not like you're the one who got the hate flying to start with back there, after all... you just kinda... got swept up with the current while you were trying to stem the flow, that's all... though... you could've at least explain to that girl back there that you didn't have anything against her particularly when you said all that, that you just said it and didn't think..." She trailed off, shifting the weight of her bag on her shoulders a bit sheepishly... seems in her attempt to make things better, she'd gone and just poked right through to what about the girl was irking her... "Sorry, I didn't... mean to bring that up...but... you kinda just..." aw hell, probably too late... she should just stop herself now... "I'll just... be quiet now..."

"It's nice enough, I guess," Arya said, a look of disinterest on her face. "Except when the claws come out and everything, but still better than my old school in that regard..." She shrugged. "Though, I've honestly never seen battle lines drawn so quickly on the first day... makes me wonder what the rest of the year might be like..."

"Just follow everyone else, Vivienne..." Arya sighed, still a bit disappointed at her partner's skittish behavior back there in the room. "The herd knows... and it never starves..."

Commander Hukuna, you can go ahead and work your Moderator magic on the locks of this here thread. I'm done with er

"Hey, wait, what are you...?" Arya just sighed as the green haired girl dragged her away, completely missing the subtle suggestion she'd been gunning for. She cast a single look back at the girl who'd been randomly insulted, deciding that she deserved at least some explanation...it was honestly kidna crappy to just leave her there hanging. "IT wasn't anything against you, specifically," She called, straining herself to be loud enough over the commotion of the other students as they rushed out. "She was just so mad that she hauled off against the first person she laid eyes on, didn't really give any thought about who it was..." she hoped the girl had heard her... but she honestly doubted it.

Commander Hukuna, giving quality GTA hosting advice since 2015..forever annnnnd... Vivienne chickened out...

So, a few changes that have been made in the first OP worthy of note The Prologues have been seperated into a "Basic Premise" and a "Official Prologue" section. The basic premise holds information which gives background to the world of Reamica and eden, as well as some "Ancient History" (Which is located beneath another spoiler tab within the main spoiler tab at the very top, you'll see it if you look) which explains the basic Geo-political situation of earth during the days leading up to mankind fleeing, which more or less explains why some things in esperanza are the way they are, why some ethnicity aren't as strongly represented in the population as others/ aren't there at all, etc. ((Which to summarize, is this; the world did not just cram a bunch of people into a single ship and send it out into the stars, it was far more organized with certain, still decently-powered nations deciding to grant mercy and assistance to other nations such as historical allies or neighbors, and allowing populaces from said chosen nations to come aboard the ship with it's own people. this is the case seven times over, with seven different ships from the "Mother Nations" but even with this said, America was somewhat of a Melting pot for different cultures and ideas, and as such there is a bit more leniency on how strict the Ethnicity rules of selection are because of this, as explained above.. compare to say... if the mother nation of this post-death colony was Israel or Russia.)) Think of the Basic Premise as a "Primer" of sorts for new people, but that returning players can skip because they already know most of it from last time, and the "Prologue" as a backstory for recent events that is needed for everyone, whether they are a returning player or a new one. For the sake of being a bit more politically correct, I have decided to simply abolish the entire "Hispanic" sub Section in the ethnicities section and relocate those choices to the new "Central and south american" sub section ((And yes, I know soldiers, Mexico is NOT a central/ south american country, but where the hell else can I put it where it would fit better?)) I don't know how much more PC this might be, but eh, it's better than just stereotypically lumping everyone together, isn't it? Also certain ethnicity, like Caucasian and Black, have had the Brazilian nationality added as an option for Nat. Heritage. Also, Puerto Rico and the Pacific islander options have been removed because... look at a map, they're both realtively smallish islands scaled against large ones like england and japan or new zealand or even cuba, and with rising water levels because of melting polar caps... well, their overall chance of survival is not exactly as high as those larger islands. however, several nat. choices have been added under Central and South American. And please don't bother asking me why cuba is not there despite what I mentioned about islands and whatnot up above; Honestly, if it hasn't been annexed by the US even within four hundred years of things beginning to show signs of possible improvement diplomacy and trade wise... well, I don't know what the hell else would happen to it, so I just pegged it as a state of the US by the 2400s and therefore it is not eligible for National heritage status as it's own sovereign land. The text in Ethnicities section has been altered to better clarified that those ethnic choices listed are not the ONLY ones present in esperanza, simply the largest ones and therefore the ones with the highest possibility of running into a random joe on the street who belongs to one of them, etc etc... I was contemplating dividing ethnicity along lines of nat. origin first and THEN available choices, however, it completely fell apart in my head when I tried to work it out and so... we have more or less the same system A few more announcements, the information for the ministries and the city wards/districts/ whatever you soldiers want to call em personally will be put up as soon as I can get them drafted and up, etc, etc... also some information for the world of Reamica and certain locations which will play roles in the setting and story, etc... etc...etc... And lastly, some info regarding what you the players will be doing in the story has also been added, under the "Additional Information" tab

Commander, you have no idea how much this tempts me right now... but no... no, I've got a whole bunch of stories where I can be devious and shadowy and what not, but I'm sticking to my guns for this one... or rather, the guns that little Bastard coward gave me... and admitably, these guns ain't as bad as I once thought... it might be doable

Arya gave another subtle glance to the girl, another cue, this one to explain what had happened... while sure, she could've stepped in for her and done it, how much more would it mean, how much more genuine would it be, if Vivienne stepped up and explained instead of having a friend save her from it? It's always better to hear from the source than through the vine...

why, Commander Hukuna, I am shocked... while yes, that's usually and is very much something Stratos would set up as a character motivation for a "Altruistic" action, I was under the impression I was supposed to be moving away from that notion with this exercise of "Magic girls" and what have you... Arya simply just legit doesn't get why some people feel the need to do certain shit to others and spread hate and venom... or rather, no, she has more than a few ideas as to why and what might cause it and why people would act like it, deep down; she just tells herself that she doesn't get it sometimes cause well...maybe's it's easier lying to herself and saying she doesn't, who knows? regardless though, she herself refuses to participate in such behavior... and given that there are alot of times where she's more likely to keep her mouth shut about what she really thinks about certain people and things, well... yeah...

eh, I can see your point there, corporal... just a tad bit... also TFW you have the sneaking feeling that your PC might ironically turn out to be the nicest person overall in the story, player character wise...

Of course...well not like she doesn't deserve it with what she said, she might be sorry, but this girl here doesn't know that...but I can't just leave her to drown in a mistake though... "Please, forgive my friend here for what she said earlier," She said expertly, trying to appease the stranger's anger... all while casting an unreadable glance at her partner next to her. "Sometimes she let's her temper get the better of her and... well, she says things she often doesn't mean and doesn't really realize how they might hurt others until afterwards... in fact, she had something she wanted to say to you..." Her glance intensified just the slightest bit, those misty, cobalt eyes giving Vivienne the obvious cue to open her mouth and apologize for the hate she'd gone and spouted not long ago. Please, just take the hint, don't mess this up just when I'm trying to help you out of it...

it's because they made their own Generation ark and allowed no one but themselves on it, soldier. (Because all the nations who asked had been complete assholes to India in the past). the other nations of the world who were a part of the pact long ago to pool resources and get off of earth decided to allow certain other smaller nations who didn't have resources but still had a bit of man power for labor piggy back off them... India is the only nation that solo'd their ship building entirely and so... they weren't obligated to let other nationalities onboard... which logically works out a whole lot better for a nation anyway, if resources don't have to be "Wasted" on allies. This story is about those humans who are descendant from the American Generation Ark. America built it's ark and allowed the nations of Britain, several in south and central america, canada, and japan to supply man power and as such it was oligated to allow nationals hailing from those countries onboard. No, that isn't to say that there are NO indians in Esperanza at all, after all, the US was a melting pot of different people and cultures, it's just that they're so few and far inbetween at this point that they're many times over dwarfed in group size by the listed ethnicities. There was a bit of every ethnicity in every generation ark, however mingled it might be at this point, but the ones listed in the OP are simply the major Ethnic Groups present which have managed to maintain their individual numbers and who now make up the vast majority of the populace and are therefore more likely to be encountered on the street. any ethnicity not listed is more or less just slowly fading into the rest of the population... so if you want an Indian character, go ahead and do it, but if you reveal your ethnic background to people, you might get a few curious stares in the city and elsewhere since it's very rare to find an individual purely of that ethnicity these days. Hell, Leah Yavichok, one of the major NPCs, is russian descended, so... Also, be careful with that personality on missions if that's what you're going to run. a heavy inclination for Improvision and being outgoing aren't always strengths in certain scenarios and might or might not cause issues depending on how you play it.

Sparks He landed true and sure, this jolteon. With one great leap, the gap that separated him from his one last objective fell away into the void of insignificance as his feet danced across the air, flying... flying. and there he was, next to the platter, donuts fully intact and all accounted for. The only thing left to do now... was make that same, beautiful flying leap again. But would the young rescue worker be able to possibly accomplish such a feat without spilling the precious goods? Only time would tell... time and courage.

The Prologues have been reworked a little to make them more manageable. Information regarding the city itself and such will be relocatted from the old thread into this one shortly.

I'll probably have it done sometime by tonight. things have come up, unfortunately...